Purse.



1 SPECHT'.

PURSE.

APPLICATION HLED JUNE 19. I917- LQM, 16%. Patented Nm 20, 1917.

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JOHANNES srncnr, or BROOKLYN, nnw YORK, ASSIGNOR r0 n. B. HARDENBURG & 30., A oornn'rnnnsnrr conrosnn or H. B. HABDENBURG AND CHAS. J. rrnnscn.

PURSE.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented N 20,

Application filed June 19, 1917. Serial No. 175,660.

The primary object of the invention is the provision of a purse, wherein coins or paper currency will be conveniently held to enable easy and quick access thereto on the opening of the same, yet the contents will be securely contained when said purse is either closed or open to eliminate the accidental dropping I of coins or currency therefrom. The purse, on the closing thereof, assumes a substantially flat and compact form for the ready carriage thereof, and to avoid the occupancy of excessive space in the pocket of a user.

Another object of the invention is the provision of a purse of this character which possesses simplicity of construction, durability without possibility of breaking, tearing or ripping, free accessibility of its contents, and is convenient for carrying a large amount of coins, and also one which is inexpensive in manufacture.

Other objects will be in part obvious and in part hereinafter pointed out.

The invention accordingly consists in the features of construction and combination of elements which will be exemplified in the construction hereinafter set forth and the scope of the application of which will be indicated in the claim hereunto appended.

In the accompanying drawings:

Figure 1 is a plan view of the blank for the purse constructed in accordance with the invention.

Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the purse open.

Fig. 3 is a plan view with the guard flaps closed and the closure flaps open.

Fig. 4 is a plan view of the purse closed.

Fig. 5 is a vertical sectional view, the purse being extended and open.

Similar reference characters indicate corresponding parts throughout the several views in the drawing.

Referring to the drawing in detail, A designates generally the blank from which the purse is constructed, preferably leather, and is formed with an equilateral rectangular shaped center constituting a bottom 5 bounded by the crease lines 6 on which are folded the wall. extensions 7 which occupy the four sides of the bottom 5 and are out- Wardly tapered so that on the bringing together of the end edges and the stitching thereof along such edges, the body B of the purse will be formed; The tapered formation of the wall extensions 7 causes the body to be gradually contracted from the bottom to the open top thereof, the stitching of the meeting end edges of the wall extensions 7 forms the corner seams 8 of the body B, and

along these seams the body is foldable to' bring the same into substantially fiat condition, so that it will occupy the least possible space and will be compact for the carriage thereof in the pocket of the user.

On two of the opposed Wall extensions 7 are formed the guard flaps 9 which. are adapted to overlap each other, as is clearly shown in Fig. '8 of the drawing when the mouth or open top of the body B is partially closed, while the remaining opposed wall extensions are formed with the closure flaps 10 which at their edges are preferably reinforced through the medium of metal frames 11 riveted or otherwise secured to said edges. These frames 11 .constitute no material part of the invention, but when used they reinforce the closure flaps 10 and give ornamentality to the purse and render the same more attractive in appearance.

On the closure flaps 10 are mounted the interlocking stud and socket clasp members 12, so that when the closure flaps 10 are disposed in overlapping relation to each other and superimposed crosswise upon the guard flaps 9, the clasp members 12 can be interlocked with each other .for the securing of the closure flaps together, thus the purse being closed in this manner will securely hold its contents.

On the opening of the purse to the position shown in Fig. 2 of the drawing, it will be noted that free access can be had to the interior thereof for the removal of any portion or all of its contents, or for the placing of coins or paper currency therein. The upward tapered formation of the body B prevents any possibility of the dropping of the contents therefrom when open, as the coins therein will not ride over the walls of the body and accidentally fall therefrom.

The flaps 9 and 10, respectively, are freely flexible, and also the body B of the purse, by reason that the same is made from flexible material such as leather, although it may be made from any other suitable flexible material.

From the foregoing, it is thought that the construction and manner of operation of the purse will be clearly understood, and therefore a more extended explanation has been omitted.

hat is claimed is A purse formed from a single blank of flexible material, cut to provide a bottom, outwardly tapered wall extensions, the end edges of the wall extensions being united Copies of this patent may be obtained for together to form a body tapering upwardly 20 from its bottom, guard flaps on a pair of the opposed walls of the body and adapted to fold inwardly and downwardly in overlapping relation, closure flaps formed on the remaining pair of opposed walls of the 25 body and adapted to fold inwardly and downwardly in overlapping relation crosswise of the guard flaps, and interlocking clasp members carried by the closure flaps.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as 30 my own I have hereto affixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

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